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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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